Sublime Fall Sunday in Vermont

Fall colors seemed a little muted this year and haven't stuck around long at all. We're already past prime leaf peeping time, which was also short this year. I've been so busy at work haven't really had much time to get out. I did snap a few shots of the nearby meadow.

You can clearly see the changes, these are taken within a couple days of each other.

The Apple trees have now lost most of their leaves and actually now most of their apples as well. This was from 2 weeks ago. Only about 5 apples still hanging now. We picked some for snacking and pies, and the rest are for the deer.

Here is that same apple tree a month ago.

And then we have these white, hairy caterpillars. We've always called them "woolly buggers". We used to see them with varied levels of brown and black, and try to judge the harshness of the winter by how much brown and how much black. What would a white one mean??? Yikes! A little research shows that this is a Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar and will turn into a moth at some point.

All photos original work by the author of this post.
Shot with Android Pixel Fold.
Have a happy fall!